Ghost writer

Peter Straub's page-turner, In the Night Room (Random House, $21.95, 352 pages, ISBN 1400062527), is a fascinating jumble of fantasy and reality that follows his previous novel, lost boy, lost girl. Here, Straub introduces readers to Tim Underhill, a New York-based thriller writer about to go on tour to promote his latest book, lost boy, lost girl. Willy Patrick, a New York-based children's...